Data transmitting apparatus, data transmitting method, data transmitting program and recording medium stored the same

Abstract

An object of the invention is to effectively prevent erroneous transmission data from being repeatedly transmitted at the time of transmitting data. At the time of data transmission, the user designates a transmission destination from a transmission destination registration table (D1) in a storing unit (23). To achieve the object, a display control unit (313) determines whether or not error information is associated with the designated transmission destination in the transmission destination registration table (D1). If the error information is associated, an error notification is displayed on a display (12) to notify the user of the occurrence of the error and to stimulate the user to counter the error. When the data transmitting apparatus (1) receives an E-mail, an error determining unit (314) determines whether the E-mail is an error mail or not. If it is an error mail, error information is added to the transmission destination registration table (D1).

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[0001] This application is based on application No. 2001-100062 filed in Japan, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.[0002] 1. Field of the Invention[0003] The present invention relates to a data transmitting technique for transmitting data.[0004] 2. Description of the Background Art[0005] Conventionally, as data transmitting apparatuses, a facsimile apparatus for transmitting image data via a public telephone line, a personal computer as an electronic mail (E-mail) terminal, and the like are used. Recently, a facsimile apparatus having what is called an Internet facsimile function of transmitting image data attached to an E-mail is also provided.[0006] Each of the data transmitting apparatuses generally has a data table in which information for specifying a data transmission destination (for example, facsimile number or an E-mail address) is pre-registered (hereinbelow, called "transmission destination registration table"), and the user can designate a transmi...

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Benefits of technology

[0011] According to the invention, when an error occurs in data transmission performed by the transmitting unit, error information indicative of occurrence of the error is stored so as to be associated with the designated transmission destination into the storing unit. When a predetermined operation is performed by the user on the transmission destination stored in the storing unit, the presence or absence of the error information is checked by referring to the storing unit and, if the error information exits, occurrence of an error with respect to the transmission destination associated with the error information is notified. Consequently, at the time of transmitting data, it can be effectively prevented that transmission data having the high possibility of occurrence of an error is repeatedly transmitted.

[0017] According to the aspect, the treatment to the error with respect to the transmission destination associated with the error information is also notified to the user so as to stimulate the user to settle the error. Consequently, the notification can be sent to the user more effectively.

[0019] According to the aspect, since the data transmitting apparatus further includes a display unit for displaying the error occurrence notification and the error treatment notification, the user can visually recognize the occurrence of the error and necessity of settling the error.

[0027] As described above, the object of the present invention is to realize the technique capable of effectively preventing that a transmission error occurs again and again even if there is a mistake in registered information at the time of transmitting data by using the transmission destination information and transmission conditions registered in the transmission destination registration table.

Problems solved by technology

In the data transmitting apparatus having the transmission destination registration table, if there is an error in the transmission destination information registered in the transmission destination registration table, it causes a situation such that a transmission error occurs due to an unknown transmission destination in the data transmission using the transmission destination information.

In the conventional data transmitting apparatus, however, even in the case where a transmission error occurs, since the user intending to transmit data next time cannot know the presence of the transmission error, it causes a problem such that the transmission error occurs again and again.

In the data transmitting apparatus in which the transmission condition can be set, also in the case where E-mail software installed on an apparatus on the data reception side or the apparatus itself is not adapted to the resolution or format of image data which has been set, a transmission error occurs.

Further, in the case where the transmission conditions are registered in the transmission destination registration table, when the transmission conditions registered in the transmission destination registration table as default values of the transmission conditions include a condition which is not adapted to the reception side, there is also a problem such that the transmission error occurs again and again.

Consequently, the user can recognize that there is the possibility that the transmission destination stored is erroneous.

Therefore, the user can recognize that there is the possibility that the capacity or format of the data to be transmitted is erroneous.

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